diff --git a/datafusion/common/src/error.rs b/datafusion/common/src/error.rs
index e1f3d13315ab..1434c15f3eb0 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/src/error.rs
+++ b/datafusion/common/src/error.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub enum DataFusionError {
     ParquetError(ParquetError),
     /// Error when reading Avro data.
     #[cfg(feature = "avro")]
-    AvroError(AvroError),
+    AvroError(Box<AvroError>),
     /// Error when reading / writing to / from an object_store (e.g. S3 or LocalFile)
     #[cfg(feature = "object_store")]
     ObjectStore(object_store::Error),
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ impl From<ParquetError> for DataFusionError {
 #[cfg(feature = "avro")]
 impl From<AvroError> for DataFusionError {
     fn from(e: AvroError) -> Self {
-        DataFusionError::AvroError(e)
+        DataFusionError::AvroError(Box::new(e))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/datafusion/datasource-avro/src/avro_to_arrow/schema.rs b/datafusion/datasource-avro/src/avro_to_arrow/schema.rs
index 276056c24c01..f53d38e51d1f 100644
--- a/datafusion/datasource-avro/src/avro_to_arrow/schema.rs
+++ b/datafusion/datasource-avro/src/avro_to_arrow/schema.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use apache_avro::types::Value;
 use apache_avro::Schema as AvroSchema;
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, IntervalUnit, Schema, TimeUnit, UnionMode};
 use arrow::datatypes::{Field, UnionFields};
-use datafusion_common::error::{DataFusionError, Result};
+use datafusion_common::error::Result;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ fn schema_to_field_with_props(
                         .data_type()
                         .clone()
                 } else {
-                    return Err(DataFusionError::AvroError(
-                        apache_avro::Error::GetUnionDuplicate,
-                    ));
+                    return Err(apache_avro::Error::GetUnionDuplicate.into());
                 }
             } else {
                 let fields = sub_schemas